Constitution Making In Indiana (volume 2); 1851-1916: 1851-1916

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1916. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... PROPOSAL NO. 13. That Section 2 of Article 16 of said Constitution be amended to read as follows: Sec. 2. If two or more amendments shall be submitted at the same time, they shall be submitted in such manner that the electors may vote for or against each of such amendments separately. Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby ordered to spread this resolution and said proposals in full on the Journal of this Senate, and thereupon to transmit said proposals to the House of Representatives for its action thereon. Sec. 3. That it is hereby made the duty of the State Board of Election Commissioners of the State to cause said proposed amendments to be printed on the official ballots to be voted at such election, in the manner prescribed by law. The resolution embodying the 13 proposed amendments, was then adopted as a whole by a vote of 33-8. On March 1, the resolution was read a first time in the House and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. On March 6, the resolution was indefinitely postponed. 534. Minimum Wage (February 10, 1915). On February 10, Mr. Fred Feick, a Democrat, introduced a resolution in the House proposing an amendment to the Constitution authorizing the General Assembly to provide for the establishment of a minimum wage. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Judiciary A, and was indefinitely postponed. [House Journal, Sixty-ninth Session, 587.] A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana by adding to Article 15 a section, to be numbered Section 11, in relation to the establishment of a minimum wage. 535. Filling Vacancies in Office (February 18, 1915). On February 18, Mr. John W. Judkins, a Progressive, proposed the following amendment relative to filling vacancies in the Genera...

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1916. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... PROPOSAL NO. 13. That Section 2 of Article 16 of said Constitution be amended to read as follows: Sec. 2. If two or more ame...